West Brom boss Alan Pardew believes City have a gem in Aymeric Laporte after the club record signing made an impressive debut on Wednesday night.

Alan Pardew on Aymeric Laporte: "I thought was terrific. His passing from left to right was a problem for us. I've got bad news for other Premier League managers – they've got another asset, and not only a defensive one but an offensive one. So… good luck to everybody else." pic.twitter.com/7mWepPwoSi

Speaking of horror tackles, Bernardo Silva has urged the authorities to start protecting City players from the increasing number of potential leg-breakers. Not one of them has resulted in a red card yet this season, which is encouraging opposition players to try and take City players out.

Bernardo Silva: "The coach and everyone has already spoken about it. It’s clear over the last few months and we’ve seen with Leroy. It was a terrible accident and now he’s injured for two months. his time it could have been Brahim, it could have been Kevin on the second goal."

The future of Larry Kayode is currently up in the air after problems on deadline day with his loan move to Amiens. FIFA are being brought in to try and sort it out.

Larry Kayode's loan move from City to Amiens is now in the hands of FIFA after an administrative problem prevented it from being validated late in the transfer window. FIFA will make a decision in the coming days. [RMC Sport] pic.twitter.com/iNmVi0fn1X